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Yojijukugo 四字熟語

案: table; legal case

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案 àn

noun
: table
: legal case; bill (legislative); legal record
: record; file

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案 OR 机 | つくえ tsukue

noun
: desk

案じる OR 案ずる | あんじる anjiru OR あんずる anzuru

ichidan verb | transitive verb | zuru verb
: to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear
: to investigate; to consider; to plan

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案 | あん an

noun | noun suffix
: idea; plan; thought
: draft plan; motion; rough copy
: expectation

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安: peaceful, quiet

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安 ān


: content; calm; still; quiet
: safe; secure
: in good health
: to find a place for; to install
: to fix; to fit
: to bring (a charge against somebody)
: to pacify
: to harbor (good intentions)
: security; safety
: peace
: ampere

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安 | やす yasu

prefix | suffix
: cheap
: (Prefix) rash; thoughtless; careless; indiscreet; frivolous

安い | やすい yasui

adjective
: cheap; inexpensive
: calm; peaceful; quiet

安く | やすく yasuku

adverb
: inexpensively

安んじる | やすんじる yasunjiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be contented; to be at ease

安 | やす yasu

prefix | suffix
: cheap

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アン an

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勸: to advise

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勸 [劝] quàn

verb
: to advise
: to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort
: to console; to soothe

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勧め | すすめ susume

noun | suru verb
: recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

勧める | すすめる susumeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to recommend; to advise; to encourage; to offer (wine)

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カン kan
ケン ken

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留: to keep; to stop

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留 líu

verb
: to keep; to stay; to ask someone to stay
: to leave behind

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留め | とめ tome

noun | suffix
: (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
: remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
: forty-five degree angle

留め | とどめ todome

noun
: finishing blow; clincher

留る OR 留まる OR 止まる | とまる tomaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to stop (moving); to come to a stop
: to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended
: to alight; to perch on

留り OR 留まり | どまり domari

noun | suffix
: stopping at; going no further than

留める OR 止める | とめる tomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to stop (something or someone); to turn off
: to concentrate on; to pay attention to
: to remember; to bear in mind
: to fix into place
: to park; to leave somewhere for a time

留める | とどめる todomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to
: to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit
: to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

留まる OR 止まる | とどまる todomaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place)
: to be limited to; to be confined to

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リュウ ryuu
ル ru

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楚: distinct

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楚 chǔ

proper noun
: distinct; clear
: orderly
: pain; suffering
: deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex)
: punishment cane (old)

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楚 | しもと shimoto

noun
: switch (flogging implement made from a branch)

楚 | すわい suwai OR すわえ suwae

noun
: (Archaism) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant)
: switch (cane used for flogging)

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ソ so
ショ shou

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清: clear; pure

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清 qīng

adjective | verb
: clear; distinct; quiet
: just and honest; pure
: to settle or clear up; to clean up or purge
: Qing or Ch’ing dynasty of Imperial China (1644-1911)

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清い | きよい kiyoi

adjective
: clear; pure; noble

清め | きよめ kiyome

noun
: purification

清める OR 浄める | きよめる kiyomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise

清ら | きよら kiyora OR けうら keura

noun | na-adjective
: elegant beauty; dazzling beauty

清 OR 明 | さや saya

adverb
: (Archaism) clearly; brightly
: cleanly; purely

清か | さやか sayaka

na-adjective
: clear; fresh; bright

清む OR 澄む | すむ samu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to clear (e.g. weather); to become transparent

清ます | すます sumasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim; to put on airs

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清 | しん shin

adverb
: Qing (dynasty of China, 1616-1912); Ch’ing

セイ sei
ショウ shou
シン shin

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改: to change

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改 gǎi

verb
: to change; to alter; to transform; to correct; to remodel

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改む | あらたむ aratamu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to revise; to change

改め | あらため aratame

suffix
: former (e.g. name); previous; changed

改まる | あらたまる aratamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be renewed
: to stand on ceremony; to be formal
: to take a turn for the worse

改まる | あらたまる aratamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be renewed

改める | あらためる aratameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to change; to alter; to revise; to replace
: to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve
: to examine; to check; to inspect
: to do properly; to do formally

改改まった | あらたまった aratamatta

noun or verb acting prenominally
: ceremonious; formal

改ざん | かいざん kaizan

noun | suru verb
: alteration; falsification; faking

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改 | かい kai

noun suffix
: revision

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圓: circle; complete

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圓 [圆] yuán

noun | adjective
: circle; round; circular; spherical
: (of the moon) full
: unit of Chinese currency (Yuan)
: tactful; to justify

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圓 | まる maru

noun | out-dated kanji
: circle

円 OR 丸 | まる maru

noun
: circle

円い OR 丸い | まるい marui

adjective
: round; circular; spherical
: harmonious; calm

円み | まるみ marumi

noun
: roundness; rotundity

円ら | つぶら tsubura

na-adjective | noun
: round and cute (esp. eyes); rotund

円か | まどか madoka

na-adjective | noun
: round; tranquil

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圓 | えん en

noun | out-dated kanji
: Yen; money
: circle

円 | えん en

noun
: Yen; money
: circle

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